Pteroceras

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Pteroceras
Pteroceras muriculatum.jpg
Pteroceras muriculatum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Vandeae
Subtribe: Aeridinae
Genus: Pteroceras
Hasselt ex Hassk.
Synonyms [1]
  • OrnithariumLindl. & Paxton
  • ProterocerasJ.Joseph & Vajr.

Pteroceras is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to China, the Indian subcontinent, and Southeast Asia. [1] [2] [3]

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Accepted Species

Species accepted as of May 2022:

  1. Pteroceras asperatum (Schltr.) P.F.Hunt - Yunnan
  2. Pteroceras biserratum (Ridl.) Holttum - Borneo, Malaysia, Sumatra
  3. Pteroceras compressum (Blume) Holttum - Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Thailand
  4. Pteroceras dalaputtuwa Priyadarshana et al. - Sri Lanka
  5. Pteroceras erosulum H.A.Pedersen - Sabah
  6. Pteroceras fragrans (Ridl.) Garay - Borneo
  7. Pteroceras fraternum (J.J.Sm.) Bakh.f. - Sumatra, Java
  8. Pteroceras hirsutum (Hook.f.) Holttum - Borneo, Malaysia, Sumatra
  9. Pteroceras indicum Punekar - Karnataka
  10. Pteroceras johorense (Holttum) Holttum - Johor
  11. Pteroceras leopardinum (C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.) Seidenf. & Smitinand - Yunnan, India, Indochina, Borneo, Philippines, Sumatra
  12. Pteroceras longicalcareum (Ames & Rolfe) Garay - Philippines
  13. Pteroceras monsooniae Sasidh. & Sujanapal - Kerala
  14. Pteroceras muluense Schuit. & de Vogel - Sabah, Sarawak
  15. Pteroceras muriculatum (Rchb.f.) P.F.Hunt - Andaman Islands
  16. Pteroceras nabawanense J.J.Wood & A.L.Lamb - Sabah
  17. Pteroceras philippinense (Ames) Garay - Philippines
  18. Pteroceras spathibrachiatum (J.J.Sm.) Garay - Sabah
  19. Pteroceras teres (Blume) Holttum - Assam, Nepal, Bhutan, India, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines
  20. Pteroceras violaceum (Ridl.) Holttum - Pahang
  21. Pteroceras viridiflorum (Thwaites) Holttum - India, Sri Lanka
  22. Pteroceras vriesii (Ridl.) Garay - Borneo

Formerly included species

Many recently excluded species have been transferred to the genus Brachypeza . One recent transfer has been made to the genus Grosourdya .

  1. Pteroceras cladostachyum (Hook.f.) H.A.Pedersen of Borneo, Malaysia, Java, Sulawesi and the Philippines is now a synonym of Brachypeza cladostachya (Hook.f.) Kocyan & Schuit. [4]
  2. Pteroceras decipiens (J.J.Sm.) Bakh.f. of Java and Bali is now a synonym of Grosourdya decipiens (J.J.Sm.) Kocyan & Schuit. [5]
  3. Pteroceras pallidum (Blume) Holttum of Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines is now a synonym of Brachypeza pallida (Blume) Kocyan & Schuit. [6]
  4. Pteroceras semiteretifolium H.A.Pedersen of Vietnam is now a synonym of Brachypeza semiteretifolia (H.A.Pedersen) Kocyan & Schuit. [7]
  5. Pteroceras simondianum (Gagnep.) Aver. of Vietnam is now a synonym of Brachypeza simondiana (Gagnep.) Kocyan & Schuit. [8]
  6. Pteroceras unguiculatum (Lindl.) H.A.Pedersen of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines is now a synonym of Brachypeza unguiculata (Lindl.) Kocyan & Schuit. [9]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Flora of China v 25 p 486, 长足兰属 chang zu lan shu, Pteroceras Hasselt ex Hasskarl, Flora. 25(2, Beibl.): 6. 1842.
  3. Pedersen, H. Æ. (1993), The genus Pteroceras (Orchidaceae) — a taxonomic revision. Nordic Journal of Botany, 13: 446. doi: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1993.tb00079.x
  4. "Brachypeza cladostachya (Hook.f.) Kocyan & Schuit". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  5. "Grosourdya decipiens (J.J.Sm.) Kocyan & Schuit". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  6. "Brachypeza pallida (Blume) Kocyan & Schuit". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  7. "Brachypeza semiteretifolia (H.A.Pedersen) Kocyan & Schuit". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  8. "Brachypeza simondiana (Gagnep.) Kocyan & Schuit". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  9. "Brachypeza unguiculata (Lindl.) Kocyan & Schuit". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 29 May 2022.